Paleocene, 55.8-65.5 Ma, Belgium, Brabant Wallon

Thanetien, 56.0–59.2 Ma, Belgium

In-situ, Paleocene, Belgium

Paleocene, the age of the first primates. Floral species can be compared with living species in Indian and Japanese mountainranges Saporta, G. de et Marion, A.F., 1873, Essai sur l'état de la végétation à l'époque des marnes heersiennes de Gelinden., Mémoire couronné de l'Académie royale de Belgique, Bruxelles.

Vertebrates

Pisces

Chondrichthyes

Elasmobranchii

Selachimorpha

Osteichthyes

Teleostei

Fishteeth

Otoliths

Fishvertebrae

Invertebrates

Vermes

Chondrites sp.

Arthropoda

Insecta

Echinodermata

Trochozoa

Mollusca

Gastropods

Bivalvia

Lophophorata

Brachiopoda

Marine plankton

Plantae

Dryophyllum delwalquei

Delwalquea gelindenensis

Quercus

Posidonia perforata

Chamaecyparis belgica

Paleocene insect

Odontaspis winkleri Leriche 1905


Glueckmanotodus heinzelini (Casier, 1967)



Palaeogaleus vincenti (Daimeries, 1888)

Sea urchin, Echinocorys sp?

 Plantmaterial or Animalia, Crinoids?

  Leafs(Dewalquea gelindenensis)

Another Echinocorys sp, sea urchin?

Sea urchin

  Leaf(Dewalquea gelindenensis)

Small leaffragment with nerve.

  Sea urchin

Small leaf

  Sea urchin

leafs

Split seed

Palaeohypotodus rutoti (Winkler, 1874)

Eroded seeds, possibly?

Otoliths

Cast mollusc

Orpodon heersensis (Herman 1973)

Small bivalve

bivalve, Brachiopoda?

Wormcasts Chondrites

Region with Paleocene outcrops.